As expected, the 920 and 808 both have their strengths but the 808 is still packing all the camera punches to edge its way to the top. I’m pleased I have a very, very decent camera and a decent browser on the same Nokia phone. 808 is legendary. 920 is quite excellent for more mainstream users.

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arts

I’m surprised it did so well. Noise reduction algorithm still a bit on the high side thou.

arts

The lumia 920.

javid

choice is still hard to make – 920 or 808? Both of them have their positives!

arts

Buy both. :p

viktor von d.

no, wait for the next pureview with both of the technologies

AreOut

there will be none at least in next 2 or even 3 years

Cowboy

How about the Nokia Lumia 920 with a 8.7 megapixels PureView camera?

http://mynokiablog.com Jay Montano

I love the 808 but I find it hard to use as a smartphone. Otherwise, for camera, 808!

AreOut

will you elaborate?

Deep Space Bar

hey look at me i’m jay i’m gonna make an excuse that symbian is hard to use even though i’ve been using it for almost 90% of my life….>.> because i’ve moved to windows phone

that’s pretty pathetic jay

http://mynokiablog.com Jay Montano

Deep space bar, you are an unfortunate narrow minded parasite of this blog.

it is completely natural foe people to get accustomed to a new form of interaction that makes it difficult for them to reuse something they might have been using many times before. Furthermore you ignorant buffoon, I’ve always said I found the keyboard in Symbian touch a pain to use. I’ve always found it difficult to use the browser (especially knowing on n900/n9 browsing is not frustrating). I use the browser a lot as well as the keyboard. There’s a few other things too…email/calendar/contact sync/photos/docs/Automatic wireless syncing of my stuff. Symbian has so many great things about it and I recommend it to many people. I’ve just got used to a different way of using a phone. I’ve seen plenty of n9/swipe users say the same, not just about Symbian but other forms of interaction.

Get your head out of your trolling ass and perhaps away from here too because in tired of your crap.

Which is why i still prefer the 808..The camera is the biggest feature on my must have list,

Bob

BUT the Verge said the 808 camera is too hard to use! It must be TRUE.

Just get an iAnything and everything will be perfect.

Quantom

Well, they might not all be wrong on the “difficult” part since it really requires more tweaking to get the perfect shot. If I’m not wrong the 808 tends towards lower ISOs in many situations and this can easily lead to blurred pictures. Hence manual intervention is required.

dss

Its the easiest camera to use .. just like Steve did in that review, you just set it to auto and let it do the work. The camera UI on the 808 the best out there.. considering how much control you have.. its like 3 apps in one.

808’s camera is obviously a lot better, and there never was any question about it.

The rest is subjective. I like the new Symbian better, than Windows Phone.

Andy

+1

Jari

+ (N)9 Love the 808 too!

Tetlee

+2

torcida

Of course the 808 is still the king!

Mapantz

As somebody mentioned on the site with the shootout, i would like to see it done without everything being on auto. It’s ridiculous!
The shutter stays open for longer on the 920 so the ISO needs to be changed on the 808 to match the 920’s shutter time
And why does the 808 keep getting referred to as the ‘Old Nokia 808’?
There is no ‘new’ 808, and the Lumia 900 is older than the 808.

http://ragsnram.com Rags

The 920’s somehow got the same purple glare as the iPhone 5. How come no one’s whining? 😛

Not all they have to do is to bring the 808s pureview and 920s Pureview together in a device which is thinner than the 920 .. Still getting the 920 though

Michael

The Pureview 808 surely is the best cameraphone at the moment, but I agree the Symbian OS is quite outdated and a pain to use in this day when we are spoilt for choice with Android and Window 8 devices. Text messaging is fairly usable but web browsing is very poor. Navigation is very poor and some websites don’t work on the browser and all you get is an empty screen saying “Browser unable to connect to website”. Terrible.

The 4″ touch screen is too small for a satisfactory web browsing experience, and although it is Amoled Clearback, it is lacking behind the competition with its low resolution screen. Others have moved on to higher resolution displays. The Lumia 920 has a larger 4.5″ high-resolution display has better clarity, detail and colours, and the touch screen is super-sensitive.

The quality of a camera in a smartphone isn’t everything. The 920 represents a better purchase for most people who still value some great quality pictures with an improved interface and overall nicer features. For casual snapshots, the 920 will do fine. For special occasions or outings, most people would bring a quality P&S such as the Sony RX100 or cameras with interchangeable lenses anyway.